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Valuable Ball Winds up in Hall

It would have fetched a pretty penny at auction, but thanks to the generosity of an octogenarian, a special vintage signed baseball now resides in a place where everyone can see it.

The Baseball Hall of Fame rarely purchases items. Not competing with well-heeled collectors has cost the Cooperstown shrine more than a few historic pieces over the years, but it doesn’t mean they get shut out.

Take the case of Rowland Montgomery.

As a 12 year-old, he received a special gift from an Englishman who didn’t much know Babe Ruth from Babe Didrickson. The boy kept the ball for three quarters of a century before finally retrieving it from storage and deciding that its permanent home should be with baseball fans.

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About Rich Mueller

Rich is the editor and founder of Sports Collectors Daily. A broadcaster and writer for more than 30 years and a collector for even longer than that, he's usually typing something somewhere. Type him back at [email protected]